No jobs data Friday, but online postings up 9 percent

No monthly job report for Florida was available as scheduled on Friday. The release is being delayed because of the partial federal government shutdown.

While most federal employees returned to work Thursday, state spokeswoman Jessica Sims said she doesn't know when Florida will have September's unemployment rate and jobs numbers from the U.S. Labor Department.

The national data for September is scheduled to be released Tuesday.It was originally scheduled for Oct. 4.

Meanwhile, the state said Friday that online job postings are up nearly 9 percent in September over a year ago. Postings rose to 271,126. Registered nurses are most in demand, followed by retail sales people.

In Broward, online job postings rose by 1,420 — or 6.5 percent —over September 2012. There were 23,395 jobs advertised in the county during the month.

Palm Beach County had an increase of just over 600 postings — or 3.4 percent — compared with the same month a year ago. The county had 18,568 online job ads.

In both counties, most in demand are sales and sales-related positions, administrative jobs, health practitioners and technical occupations, according to The Conference Board, the research group that compiles the data.